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used again for they wanted to join the us army and. just all the issues he sold our home and our laundering business in tijuana and we started a new life here because i don't and ikea. as she said but he exercised kept his weight studied to get good grades and then when it's going to you because you. are going to get a recruiter told him if he served for just one year get out of it qualify for the da. so i finally give my consent to feed him and he enlisted when he was seventeen and a half and all the shit james who made you. think he was a camp pendleton when nine eleven happened to you. they may be a good one if you like thousands of other parents we thought there will be a war. backstory and you have been. made on february first he said father in four days i'm leaving for iraq. as an embedded journalist in the unit i met here just on the very first day of the war got to go by. he was part of a two man sniper team just hours before the invasion the crime to guard power in the kuwaiti iraq border search for a rocky mine layers on the
used again for they wanted to join the us army and. just all the issues he sold our home and our laundering business in tijuana and we started a new life here because i don't and ikea. as she said but he exercised kept his weight studied to get good grades and then when it's going to you because you. are going to get a recruiter told him if he served for just one year get out of it qualify for the da. so i finally give my consent to feed him and he enlisted when he was seventeen and a half and...
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people around the world are very interested in us and chicanos and she got us why because a lot of us are fighting and dying in iraq right now a lot of our party is a you all may know are in the military. we work hard to create jobs so that latino's don't have to serve in the u.s. army. we try to tell the truth about military service. because the recruiters painted distorted picture of it. in bangalore so he gives his students who. are her. or her supervisor i teach literature and chicano studies about mexican americans in california. or when i met fernando's warres del sol law in two thousand and three just after his son's death we will. that's when we began to work on ways to counter military recruitment. i mean this means a lot since me because i'm a vietnam vet vietnam a slave it on the vietnam. look ystem was in one nine hundred ninety two. during the clinton administration the military realized there were a lot of young latinos they could target for recruiting. in quantity. because i. could give iraq war put pressure on the pentagon to step up recruiting and. not the one that th
people around the world are very interested in us and chicanos and she got us why because a lot of us are fighting and dying in iraq right now a lot of our party is a you all may know are in the military. we work hard to create jobs so that latino's don't have to serve in the u.s. army. we try to tell the truth about military service. because the recruiters painted distorted picture of it. in bangalore so he gives his students who. are her. or her supervisor i teach literature and chicano...
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give me a gun i've big will use here let me then use plain. so many of my laugh is sent down your back my son died i don't agree you don't agree read or heard of him my son is in the arena i don't know what is crap we are going to be for us there's. going to be leaving my sony at the marine died in iraq on diesel fuel original films. i'm sorry about your size but he will always be remembered. yes. i repeat. independent i support all the war in my opinion two lawyers were necessary that i support the marine corps says pacific but police. who claimed through the voice. that we will serve to actually. look at that for the rest of. their. baby and. his source was an ordinary boy. he was mischievous. like to tease his sisters but he loved them a lot. to be a policeman and when he was thirteen he met the military recruiters in san diego. they told him that if he and rolled in the u.s. army he could join the drug enforcement agency and become an international police officer. we made the decision to move to the us under pressure from. the beginning th
give me a gun i've big will use here let me then use plain. so many of my laugh is sent down your back my son died i don't agree you don't agree read or heard of him my son is in the arena i don't know what is crap we are going to be for us there's. going to be leaving my sony at the marine died in iraq on diesel fuel original films. i'm sorry about your size but he will always be remembered. yes. i repeat. independent i support all the war in my opinion two lawyers were necessary that i...
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people have not been used to thed idea. i have to say for myself when i first came out in the mid '70s it never occurred to me that i would be able to legally marry yet i was able to do that in massachusetts in 2004. we're seeing tremendous change. we're also seeing just demographically we're seeing republicans and democrats supporting marriage equality. we're seeing support from all age groups. we're seeing support from people of faith. we're seeing support from people throughout the country. i feel like things are moving forward. i'm very optimistic and very excited. >> suarez: lee and thomas, thank you both for joining us. >> ifill: now, a report on the recovery from the superstorm sandy. new york governor andrew cuomo said today he intends to ask the federal government for at least $30 billion in aid. new jersey is still tallying its losses, and damages in the region are expected to exceed $50 billion. schools officially reopened today in one community along the jersey shore. but for the past week, teachers have been al
people have not been used to thed idea. i have to say for myself when i first came out in the mid '70s it never occurred to me that i would be able to legally marry yet i was able to do that in massachusetts in 2004. we're seeing tremendous change. we're also seeing just demographically we're seeing republicans and democrats supporting marriage equality. we're seeing support from all age groups. we're seeing support from people of faith. we're seeing support from people throughout the country....
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give me a gun i speak we use it then we didn't use but a. so many you might have died in iraq my son died in iraq don't agree you don't agree with the number of a my son even is married i don't know what his crafty are going to be for you if there's. going to be. my sone. if you do it. but he will always be remembered. yes. i repeat. independent of the war it might be due to the necessary that i support the marine corps specifically but believe. it or link. to. you will serve. i felt for. his source was an ordinary boy. it after our years he was mischievous. like to tease his sisters but he loved them a lot but. wanted to be a policeman until when he was thirteen he met the military recruiters in san diego . and you. told them that if he unrolled in the u.s. army later he could join the drug enforcement agency and become an international police officer. division do it we made the decision to move to the us under pressure from places and alleviate the early. to get ready they wanted to join the us army. i just thought of this you see we sold
give me a gun i speak we use it then we didn't use but a. so many you might have died in iraq my son died in iraq don't agree you don't agree with the number of a my son even is married i don't know what his crafty are going to be for you if there's. going to be. my sone. if you do it. but he will always be remembered. yes. i repeat. independent of the war it might be due to the necessary that i support the marine corps specifically but believe. it or link. to. you will serve. i felt for. his...
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give me a gun if big will use it let me then use plain. so many of my lap you send down your back my son died in iraq i don't agree you don't agree we don't have to look for other names my son is in the marine i don't know what his craft we are going to be for you affairs. unit going to be leaving my sone at marine. and diesel fifi be original feel so. sorry about your size but he will always be remembered. i repeat. independent i support all the war in my opinion to work in the necessary that i support the marine corps specifically but please. thing for through the boys. that we will serve thanks you will often feel left out for the rest of us. think you are. because his source was an ordinary boy only korean to it after years he was mischievous. like to tease his sisters and was that he loved them a lot but oh let's get. his face us want to be a policeman in tijuana where when he was thirteen he met the military recruiters in san diego v.a. when i would see that yes the emphasis on the it was. a little they told him that if he unrolled i
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s for the us. to mr. that is between you. skinny guy nice big will use here let me then use plain. so many of my lap you send down your back my son died on the run don't agree you don't agree with the lover of him my son is in the arena i don't know what is crap we are going to be for years there's. going to be even my sony if marine died in iraq i need peace off if you do original films. but he will always be remembered. yes. i repeat. independent i support the war in my opinion to the necessary that i support the marine corps specifically but beneath. all that. through the boys. we will serve to ensure you will often feel left out for the rest of. you. because of his source was an ordinary boy. it after our years he was mischievous. like to tease his sisters but he loved them a lot but all draw. us wanted to be a policeman until when a single when he was thirteen he met the military recruiters. diego when we see that yes the emphasis on the it was. a little they told him that if he and rolled in the u.s. army later if he could join the drug enforcement agency and become an intern
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you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in that spirit, i've invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. last year, i worked with democrats and republicans to cut a trillion dollars worth of spending that we just couldn't afford. i intend to work with both parties to do more, and that includes making reforms that will bring down the cost of health care so we can strengthen programs like medicaid and medicare for the long haul. i've put forward a detailed plan that allows us to make these investments, while reducing our deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. i want to be clear-- i'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000
you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in that spirit, i've invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. last year, i worked with democrats and republicans to cut a trillion dollars worth of spending that we just couldn't afford. i intend to work with both parties to do more, and that includes making reforms that will bring down the cost of health care so we can strengthen...
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used to get really wanted to join the us army. we sold our home and our laundering business in tijuana and we started a new life here but i don't know. she said but about he exercised kept his weight studied to get good grades and then went to. a recruiter told him if he served for just one year qualify for the da. so i finally give my consent and he enlisted. when he was seventeen and a half and old you see him tell you she made you. come and he was a camp pendleton when nine eleven happened so. they even if you have what you like thousands of other parents we thought there will be a war a dose of back story especially the. middle of february first he said to my father in four days i'm leaving for iraq. as an embedded journalist going to the unit i met his views on the very first day of the war going to go back. he was part of a two man sniper team just hours before the invasion he climbed a guard tower in the kuwait iraq border search for a rocky mine layers on the other side. of his beat up here store data tracking to get you b
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marcia coyle is here with us tonight. first the facts of the case, vance v ball state university. >> first of all, this case involves title vii of the civil rights act, which as you know is our antidiscrimination law. under. the supervisors is imbued with the employer's authority. an employer can be held liable if a nonsupervisor employee harasses another employee. but it's tougher to prove. you have to shout employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to act. maida vance brought this lawsuit against ball state univsity. she's an african american woman working in the dining services division of the university, claimed she was harassed by a white coworker, was slapped on the head, blocked at the elevator, racial epithets were used such as "sambo" and "buckwheat" in her presence. she complained and finally brought her lawsuit against the university. she lost in the lower courts. the lower court, federal appellate court, said this coworker was not a supervisor, and took the definition that is probably
marcia coyle is here with us tonight. first the facts of the case, vance v ball state university. >> first of all, this case involves title vii of the civil rights act, which as you know is our antidiscrimination law. under. the supervisors is imbued with the employer's authority. an employer can be held liable if a nonsupervisor employee harasses another employee. but it's tougher to prove. you have to shout employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to act. maida...
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give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, "ted and bill's excellent adventure" includes lincoln. he is just one of those figures if you're selling a product that's synonymous with integrity, whether it's an automobile or insurance or a remedy for sleep deprivation. >> sreenivasan: honest abe. >> absolutely. honest abe. everyone wants lincoln on their side. almost everyone can devise a rationale to justify that. we go on debating who he is, what he really believed, and how it influences our politics and our culture to this day. >> sreenivasan: and that story is not over. >> th
give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell...
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david, thanks for joining us. so this constitutional assembly that's moving very quickly on a constitution, tell us, explain what's going on there. >> well, the assembly has been meeting for several weeks and trying to work faster and faster to finish a new constitution, the first constitution for egypt since the overthrow of hosni mubarak. they said recently that they would like a little more time. they were hoping to bring together a consensus of the islamist majority and some of the secular minority in the assembly but at the last minute they decided to jump the gun, to really rush things and wrap it up today. they are afraid that on sunday the constitutional court here, the supreme constitutional court will rule against their assembly and try and dissolve it. so they're trying to wrap up their work before that can happen. unfortunately, fear of that looming deadline has led to quite a bit of gridlock in the assembly as the islamists who are running the show have moved faster and faster and tried to close off d
david, thanks for joining us. so this constitutional assembly that's moving very quickly on a constitution, tell us, explain what's going on there. >> well, the assembly has been meeting for several weeks and trying to work faster and faster to finish a new constitution, the first constitution for egypt since the overthrow of hosni mubarak. they said recently that they would like a little more time. they were hoping to bring together a consensus of the islamist majority and some of the...
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i could use that in new hampshire. [laughter] there was a very weak kind of prayer and then a was over. i've never been at what was a church service where there was such a little god, jesus, religion and was all political and was all paranoid. they're coming to get us and we have to get ready. i'm not sure that i observed the insight that it gave me but it sure made me understand more about the fear that is out there and often behind the vitriol that we experience and i often, you know when someone comes at me either directly or indirectly the way that i try to stay sympathetic to ask what are they afraid of and is their anything i can say that convinces them that there is no need to be afraid but this was a double dose and it really shook me and helped me understand a little bit better of what we were against. many of our enemies in this movement are in the business of ratcheting up people's anxiety often to make money or to work for a particular political party or candidate or for whatever reason, it seems to me that
i could use that in new hampshire. [laughter] there was a very weak kind of prayer and then a was over. i've never been at what was a church service where there was such a little god, jesus, religion and was all political and was all paranoid. they're coming to get us and we have to get ready. i'm not sure that i observed the insight that it gave me but it sure made me understand more about the fear that is out there and often behind the vitriol that we experience and i often, you know when...
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good to have you here with us, mike. earlier i said the president urged americans to be there for returning veterans and their families, not just now but always. this is a good way if people don't know how to get started, turkeys for troops is a good way to get started helping those who served our country so well. >> absolutely. this is one of my favorite programs for over 20 years n. is one of those programs that gives back instantly to the community. the enlisted are a their families benefit from every dollar you constrict. >> what do we get -- contribute. >> what do we get in the holiday basket. >> good question. it's din fora family of six for $50. it includes everything from the turkey on through all the sides, dessert, everything. so it's all inclusive. again, it's a hundred percent of every dollar that your viewers contribute goes directly to the table of one of our military families. >> for a basket like this, we're asking people to make that $50 donation. but these are tough times. people still want to support t
good to have you here with us, mike. earlier i said the president urged americans to be there for returning veterans and their families, not just now but always. this is a good way if people don't know how to get started, turkeys for troops is a good way to get started helping those who served our country so well. >> absolutely. this is one of my favorite programs for over 20 years n. is one of those programs that gives back instantly to the community. the enlisted are a their families...
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i said, well that makes two of us. i've got to tell you the first time where we've felt like we've ever needed help. first time. and just feel like, you know, fema's supposed to be it. everybody, like my insurance company says call fema. yeah, everbody asks me that. did you call fema. i'm like, yeah. what happened? nothing. that sucks. it... it just sucks. >> reporter: fema officials contend they are responding as best they can. but because of the sheer magnitude of the work, fema official robert jensen admits some residents will be disappointed. >> this is hard. this is one of the biggest natural disasters to hit america. certainly understandable that people are going to be frustrated and be upset on some of the challenges they're facing. we feel that. we understand that. >> reporter: fema is working with the city's office of emergency management, and they've been on the job since october 26, four days before the hurricane hit. city, state and federal officials are now coordinating recovery and relief operations. ther
i said, well that makes two of us. i've got to tell you the first time where we've felt like we've ever needed help. first time. and just feel like, you know, fema's supposed to be it. everybody, like my insurance company says call fema. yeah, everbody asks me that. did you call fema. i'm like, yeah. what happened? nothing. that sucks. it... it just sucks. >> reporter: fema officials contend they are responding as best they can. but because of the sheer magnitude of the work, fema...
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for recreational use. megan verlee of colorado public radio reports from denver, a city that currently has more medical marijuana stores than starbucks and mcdonald's combined. her story is another in our new collaboration with public media partners across the country in a series we call "battleground dispatches." >> these topicals that have marijuana, and people have said it's very helpful. >> reporter: steve horwitz sells a broad variety of medical marijuana products in his south denver store, ganja gourmet.he>t >> there are all kinds of chocolates and cookies and brownies. >> reporter: his is just one of 500 such dispensaries which have opened over the last four years, ever since colorado started allowing stores to sell the drug for medical uses. since then, a large market has flourished, and more than 100,000 residents now carry physician-recommended cards allowing them to buy the drug. but passage of a ballot initiative known as "amendment 64" will likely take retail marijuana to a whole new level, si
for recreational use. megan verlee of colorado public radio reports from denver, a city that currently has more medical marijuana stores than starbucks and mcdonald's combined. her story is another in our new collaboration with public media partners across the country in a series we call "battleground dispatches." >> these topicals that have marijuana, and people have said it's very helpful. >> reporter: steve horwitz sells a broad variety of medical marijuana products in...
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voters voted for us. so i think it's less likely we're going to see kind of a grand compromise because both sides are very entrenched. >> woodruff: even with that small pick-up of democrats in the house and even though the presidential vote was bigger than the overall house republican vote? >> right. i mean that's... both camps, you know,. >> woodruff: we'll have an argument. >> i think when it comes to the .. there's all sorts of discussion on the fiscal cliff. president obama and speaker boehner are probably more willing to compromise, but their caucuses and their parties are very entrenched. i don't think we know what's going to happen out of this. >> woodruff: we certainly don't. nathan gonzales of the rothenberg political report, thank you for coming back to talk to us. >> thank you so much. >> brown: now that new york and new jersey have been hit by two destructive storms in less than two years, there's new urgency to questions about steps to better protect the region. hari sreenivasan is back with
voters voted for us. so i think it's less likely we're going to see kind of a grand compromise because both sides are very entrenched. >> woodruff: even with that small pick-up of democrats in the house and even though the presidential vote was bigger than the overall house republican vote? >> right. i mean that's... both camps, you know,. >> woodruff: we'll have an argument. >> i think when it comes to the .. there's all sorts of discussion on the fiscal cliff....
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it's not using condoms. it's access to condoms. how do you get a condom when you're a 15-year-old gay man living in the south? what do you do? you walk into a pharmacy and actually go up to the pharmacist and, you know, all that stuff is incredibly stigmatized and frightening. so i think what communities have to do is really address the problem through the lens of, are we doing everything possible to help these kids protect themselves? >> sreenivasan: one of the things that people don't necessarily look at very often it seems very cold and calculated is the numerical cost. obviously the worst cost is someone's life. but one of the things that was interesting to me in this report that said that these folks that are infected so young could cost the system $400,000, a cost that all of us are bearing in some ways. >> sure. one of the things that the report is trying to emphasize and that i think is critical. if you don't know you're infeked you're not going to start on treatment. the treatment works. and the treatment might be expensiv
it's not using condoms. it's access to condoms. how do you get a condom when you're a 15-year-old gay man living in the south? what do you do? you walk into a pharmacy and actually go up to the pharmacist and, you know, all that stuff is incredibly stigmatized and frightening. so i think what communities have to do is really address the problem through the lens of, are we doing everything possible to help these kids protect themselves? >> sreenivasan: one of the things that people don't...
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bring us up to date. o things stand >> it began are reactions to thg shortened number of early voting days in south florida, the state as a whole. there were very long lines and the democratic par, some of its top officials, had wanted to have the governor extend the early voting period another day. he refused to do so. but i south florida, the larger counties decided on theirt own o supervisors of elections, let's go ahead and have people vote absentee as if it was an early vote. not exactly the same but almost. in miami what happened on sunday was the voting sit became just overwhelmed with people. s it closed down briefly. it opened back up again. and very kay on thetic. there were people banging on the door it was not a good scene. but the end of the day, a lot of people did cast andson fee votes in person. then today it was a much more orderly process. t they were open from 9:00 to 5:00. hundreds of people in line, people waiting 10, 15 minutes, not so bad. at the end of the day, in miami county abo
bring us up to date. o things stand >> it began are reactions to thg shortened number of early voting days in south florida, the state as a whole. there were very long lines and the democratic par, some of its top officials, had wanted to have the governor extend the early voting period another day. he refused to do so. but i south florida, the larger counties decided on theirt own o supervisors of elections, let's go ahead and have people vote absentee as if it was an early vote. not...
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man: caltrans used to tell you that the freeways weren't unhealthy. well, now you see them putting the barrier walls and schools can't be located next to freeways anymore -- the health concerns. man: the fact of the matter is that by letting caltrans run amok over the last, you know, six decades or so, we ended up with twice as much of the l.a. county paved over as the average metropolitan area. [ bagpipes play ] poussaint: south pasadena, california, is a city of 23,000 people nestled in the vastness of los angeles county. woman: as far as south pasadena, we like to think of it as 10 minutes and 100 years from los angeles. poussaint: the city is renowned for its trees, neighborhoods, schools, and sense of community. woman: the school definitely adds to the sense of community and a sense of family, and pretty much, like, a groundedness in that, a base, that this is your home. we have a main street here. you walk your dog, you know your neighbors. it's so good for you to be known and loved and cared about. poussaint: but south pasadena is also renowned
man: caltrans used to tell you that the freeways weren't unhealthy. well, now you see them putting the barrier walls and schools can't be located next to freeways anymore -- the health concerns. man: the fact of the matter is that by letting caltrans run amok over the last, you know, six decades or so, we ended up with twice as much of the l.a. county paved over as the average metropolitan area. [ bagpipes play ] poussaint: south pasadena, california, is a city of 23,000 people nestled in the...
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they want to work with us. we're going to reach out to these people. >> warner: together they hope all will be welcome in the new syria they want to build. >> woodruff: in her next >> woodruff: in her next report, margaret looks at the more than one hundred thousand syrian refugees who have fled to turkey. >> brown: next, to the southeast asian country of myanmar, where president obama's visit today made some history. ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: by the tens of thousands cheering people packed the streets of myanmar's capital city today. the crowds waved american flags as they angled for a glimpse of the first sitting u.s. president to visit the southeast asian nation. >> i hope he can bring change in every aspect. >> i really hope that obama will help build the transition to democracy. we have many ethnic groups in myanmar. they are also hoping that obama will help them progress. >> suarez: also known as burma, the country was under military rule for half a century and was largely closed off from the r
they want to work with us. we're going to reach out to these people. >> warner: together they hope all will be welcome in the new syria they want to build. >> woodruff: in her next >> woodruff: in her next report, margaret looks at the more than one hundred thousand syrian refugees who have fled to turkey. >> brown: next, to the southeast asian country of myanmar, where president obama's visit today made some history. ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: by the...